Busy Bakers is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.^[1] The short was released on February 10, 1940.^[2]

Plot

The local town baker faces going out of business, so an old man decides to help him stay in business after a kind deed offered to him by the baker. He then decides to go into business with the old man.

Home media

• LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 4, Side 8
• DVD - Brother Orchid (USA 1995 Turner print added as a bonus)^[3]

Notes

• This short is notable for being the final cartoon to be directed by Hardaway and Dalton, due to Friz Freleng returning to Warner Bros. Cartoons from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's animation studio in 1939, following the failure of their Captain and the Kids series. As a result, Hardaway was demoted back to storyman. He left after being demoted and joined Walter Lantz Productions, where he helped create Woody Woodpecker.^[4] Cal Dalton worked as an animator until 1947 after demotion when Freleng returned.
• This cartoon was re-released into the Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies program on October 20, 1945.^[5]

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